B83.8
Billable
ChapterA00–B99
Ranksubcategory
Official Description
Other specified helminthiases
Metadata & Insights
- •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
- •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
- •Chapter 1: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (A00-B99).
Instructional Notes
Includes
- Acanthocephaliasis
- Gongylonemiasis
- Hepatic capillariasis
- Metastrongyliasis
- Thelaziasis
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15 raw paths
Acanthocephaliasis1 unique routes
Capillariasis (intestinal)1 unique routes
Dioctophyme renalis (infection) (infestation)1 unique routes
Echinorhynchiasis1 unique routes
Gongylonemiasis1 unique routes
Helminthiasis1 unique routes
Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic)4 unique routes
Infestation3 unique routes
Metastrongyliasis1 unique routes
Thelaziasis1 unique routes
MS-DRG Classification
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